Storm Franklin hits UK with flooding and high winds
KUMASI, 21st February, (Futball Surgery)– Storm Franklin is continuing to hammer parts of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain.
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Storm Franklin is continuing to hammer parts of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain.
There is severe flooding in parts of Northern Ireland and more than 80 flood warnings remain in place in parts of Yorkshire.
“Severe disruption” means Network Rail is advising customers to check before they travel.
Franklin comes days after Storm Eunice killed three people and left 1.4 million homes without power.
Storm Franklin is the third named storm in a week – following Dudley and Eunice – the first time this has happened since the storm-naming system was introduced in 2015.
The highest wind gust speeds on Monday morning reached 79mph in Capel Curig in Wales, and 78mph in Orlock Head, Northern Ireland.
The Met Office issued two weather warnings for Monday: an amber warning for wind in Northern Ireland, which expired this morning, and a milder yellow warning for wind covering Wales, Northern Ireland, most of England and parts of south-west Scotland.
More than 150 flood warnings are in place across the north of England, with Yorkshire and Manchester the worst hit.
People have been warned to stay away from rivers in Yorkshire and homes were evacuated with roads and bridges closed because of widespread flooding.
The Environment Agency North West tweeted a video showing the flood gates being opened on the Mersey to the Didsbury Basin to protect over 5,000 homes.
North Yorkshire Fire Service worked to rescue people, posting a picture of one operation as waters engulfed a caravan site in Knaresborough.
Manchester Airport diverted nine flights on Monday morning because of storm winds. It is understood the planes were holding to land before being diverted, but the airport says the weather has not affected departures.
British Airways has said winds have made it difficult to unload baggage from its planes – causing delays for passengers after landing.
The airline has also struggled to land and restock planes on time, affecting inbound and outbound movements.
Elsewhere, the O2 arena in London will remain closed until Friday, when a UB40 concert is expected to go ahead as planned, after Storm Eunice shredded sections of the roof.
In Northern Ireland, heavy rain has caused severe flooding, with counties Londonderry and Tyrone the worst hit.
Football pitches were left under metres of water in Castlederg, and 3,000 homes are still without power according to Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE).
NIE said at its peak there were 10,000 homes without power during the early hours of Monday morning.
There were efforts to prevent the Drumragh and Finn rivers from bursting their banks, with workers using pumps to try to keep the water contained.
Parts of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel coast are on flood alert and emergency teams have erected flood barriers to try to prevent the waters from reaching homes.
County councillor Karl Lewis said Llandinam in Powys, central Wales, had been left looking like a “disaster zone”.
The M48 Severn Bridge remains closed in both directions.
Elsewhere on the roads, in Greater Manchester, a stretch of the M60 has been closed because of an overturned HGV.
Eighteen flood warnings and seven alerts have also been issued across the Scottish Borders, Ayrshire, Orkney and the Western Isles by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
National Rail is advising customers to check their routes before travelling, with several companies expected to be affected.
CrossCountry trains, which runs services from Aberdeen, through Birmingham and to the South West, is “strongly recommending” that people do not travel.
Great Western Railway (GWR), CrossCountry, South Western Railway, and Southeastern railway are “strongly” advising against travel, with disruption on routes expected.
Chiltern Railways has warned disruption will continue into Tuesday morning, “including trains and carriages being in the wrong places”
In West Yorkshire, the Thackley railway tunnel has been closed due to flooding.
And Rotherham Central station will remain closed until at least Tuesday – a picture shared by Leeds City Station on Twitter shows the extent of the track flooding.
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High winds could cause further power cuts, transport delays and damage to properties, the Met Office has warned.
Meteorologist Becky Mitchell told the PA news agency: “At the moment we’ve got a really active jet stream, which is why we’re seeing so many storms track right towards the UK.
“We had Dudley on Wednesday, Eunice on Friday and Franklin today.”
